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I can't believe I didn't know about them sooner. Formed in 1981 they are/were a bunch of Californian kids aged between 10 and 14.

Just look at this video! Everything about this video! The presenter is a fucking BOSS, and the band just kill it. The way they just walk off at the end of the song, leaving the sample playing over and over, the intensity of the singer, the kid that looks like Screech from Saved by the Bell on keyboards at the back, the interview afterwards ("ask me what the meaning of life is?" "what's the meaning of life?" "what kind of question is that?!"). Just, everything.

To be that fucking cool and that fucking punk at such a young age is incredible.

if I'd gotten a guitar instead of a PS2 that one Christmas and started that band with Paul (hardcore punk fan) and his little brother (grindcore fan), and Adam's friend Christian, and Dave, who we called Bob, who played the cornet, it definitely would have sounded like this.